Community Wellness
WHAT WE DO
Community Wellness Coordinators are part of the Purdue Extension Nutrition Education Program (NEP). Community Wellness Coordinators (CWCs) collaborate with community partners to help people eat smart and move more by focusing on five specific areas:
- Food resource management (stretching food dollars)
- Food safety
- Food security (hunger)
- Nutrition
- Physical activity
A CWC assesses and helps meet community needs through planning, creating or implementing health and wellness initiatives. This work is accomplished at the policy, system and environment (PSE) level and has included the following types of initiatives:
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Contact Us
Purdue Extension Tipton County
tiptonces@purdue.edu
1200 S. Main St.
Tipton, IN 46072
(765) 675-1177
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eatgathergo.org
Resources
- Childhood Obesity National Action Kit (Harvard Choices Project)
- Eating Healthy on a Budget (Eat Gather Go - Purdue Extension Nutrition Education Program)
- FoodLink (Purdue Extension)
- Indiana School and Community Nutrition Program (Indiana Department of Education)
- Intro to MyPlate (Eat Gather Go - Purdue Extension Nutrition Education Program)
- Minneapolis Healthy Food Policy Project (Healthyfoodpolicyproject.org)
- Nutrition Basics (Eat Gather Go - Purdue Extension Nutrition Education Program)
- Coronavirus and It's Impact on Food Insecurity (Feeding America)
- Food Finders Food Bank
- Hunger and Poverty in Tipton County (Feeding America)
- Mobile Food Pantry Program (Food Finders)
- Mobile Food Pantry Email Notifications (Food Finders)
- Tipton County Food Assistance Locations (If you know of additional locations, please email Eric Hillis at jehillis@purdue.edu)
- Cooking Basics and Tips (Eat Gather Go)
- FoodLink (Purdue Extension)
- Food Safety Basics (Eat Gather Go)
- Food Safety Charts (foodsafety.gov)
- Recalls and Outbreaks (foodsafety.gov)
- Storing Leftovers (Eat Gather Go)
- Finding the Best Buy (Eat Gather Go)
- Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program - SNAP (IN.gov)
Tipton County Division of Family Resources
701 E. Jefferson St., Suite 2
Tipton, IN 46072-1460
Telephone: 800-403-0864
Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. - Women, Infants and Children Program - WIC (IN.gov)
- Active Communities Tool (Center for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Active People, Healthy Nation (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- America Walks
- American Trails
- Area Trails
- Move Your Way (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
- National Physical Activity Plan (National Physical Activity Plan Alliance)
- Need for Safe Places to Walk and Bike (Rails to Trails Conservancy)
- Next Level Trails Program (Indiana Department of Natural Resources)
- Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
- Physical Activity for Children and Youth (National Physical Activity Plan)
- Safe Routes to School Guidebook (Indiana Department of Health)
- School Physical Activity Programs (Playcore)
- Street Design Tool (Streetmix)
- Walk Audit Toolkit (Safe Routes to School National Partnership)
- Eat Fresh (eatfresh.org)
- EatGatherGo (Purdue Extension Nutrition Education Program)
- Food Link (Purdue Extension)